After some tossing and turning, Liu Zezhi arrived in Pujiang County at one o'clock at noon on 25 May, and as soon as Ge Jiapeng saw him, he said: "The operation failed, and Yamashita Fengwen left Shanghai and returned to the Philippines. ”

Liu Zezhi was taken aback: How is this possible? How did Ge Jiapeng know? He didn't know about Zhang Zhan's existence, and it was impossible for him to contact Zhang Zhan. "Where's the news? Really? ”

Ge Jiapeng replied: "Yes, Feng Gensheng sent a telegram: all major daily newspapers and radio stations in Shanghai have published this news, and photos are attached. I have already ordered people to infiltrate the Japanese war zone and get a few copies of today's newspapers, and they are coming back soon, and even if they don't go out of their way to look for them, at most a day or two later, newspapers will come in through various channels. ”

Xiao Kong came in and reported, "The newspaper has been brought. ”

Liu Zezhi took it and looked at it, his heart sank: paid such a big price, but hit the auxiliary car by mistake! After a while, he sighed: "Jiapeng, send a report to the bureau headquarters: I was ordered by Director Zhou to carry out the task of getting rid of Yamashita Fengwen, and I repeatedly missed, resulting in the sacrifice of Bao Zuzhang, Gao Rui and Peng Weiwei were exposed, and I asked for punishment. ”

After Ge Jiapeng sent the telegram, he saw Liu Zezhi sitting there stunned, and said: "A momentary success or failure is nothing. The old devil of Yamashita Fengwen is gone, there is no other way, don't think about it, let's eat together, I have already ordered Xiaokong to prepare. Cui Feng and Wu Shun didn't come back with you? ”

"I ordered them to follow Director Zhou. Jiapeng, the second training class has started, right? ”

"In the class that started yesterday, the first batch of graduates has also left."

"You give me a few classes in the past two days."

"You teach in person? That's great, I'll arrange it after dinner. Do you need to inform Director Zhou that Yamashita Fengwen is not dead? ”

Liu Zezhi sighed and replied, "There's no need for this. Director Zhou will definitely get the news. ”

Ge Jiapeng said again: "Gao Rui and Mr. Liang have not arrived yet, it is estimated that it will be tomorrow." Lao Peng came back, and I got a piece of information from him: Do you know where the banknote papers I got came from? ”

Ge Jiapeng's words reminded Liu Zezhi: "Come on, go and invite Mr. Peng to come over for dinner." What's the news? Don't sell it. ”

"Wang's puppet government's central savings notes were originally printed in Japan, and I said why I couldn't find a suitable banknote printing paper. This year, the United States intensified its air raids on the Japanese mainland, and the banknote printing plant, which was responsible for printing the banknotes of the Central Reserve, was partially paralyzed in the bombing and had no choice but to move to Shanghai, and the warship transporting the banknote printing machine, the banknote printing paper, and some of the finished products were torpedoed. I still wonder how it can be real? It turned out to be true. ”

Liu Zezhi asked, "Where did Lao Peng get the news?" ”

"There were wounded on the warship, several of them were not low-level, and they were admitted to the military hospital after docking, and Lao Peng participated in the consultation - Lao Peng. What are you doing standing in the doorway? Come on in. Deputy Director Liu just came back half an hour ago, and he was anxious to see you as soon as he came back. ”

Liu Zezhi also got up to greet him: "Are we old friends, Lao Peng, come, sit down." ”

Xiao Kong brought people three dishes, one soup, and a small pot of rice. Peng Weiwei sat down and said, "I heard Xiao Kong say that Yamashita Fengwen is gone?" Alas, cheap old devil! Ze no ...... I'll still call you that, Mr. Ge said that Director Zhou ordered me to recuperate for a while, and then go back to Chongqing and go to the hospital affiliated to the headquarters of the Military Command Bureau. I want to stay here, although there are two western hospitals in Pujiang County, I went to see them this morning, and there are not many doctors with high standards, especially surgeons. ”

"I can't ask for it, but ...... Lao Peng, Ling Lang is in the Guotong District, the child has no mother, you father......"

"Of course I miss my son, but you once said that you entrusted a friend to take care of it, and you still have a full meal, wait a few days, I used to do too much evil, and I want to do more."

Liu Zezhi said: "This is not right, from the moment you promised to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, everything before was written off." It was my fault that I didn't complete the task of getting rid of Yamashita Fengfumi, it has nothing to do with you, you have done your best. ”

Ge Jiapeng interjected: "Deputy Director Liu, since Lao Peng said so, you can promise him to stay." Cui Feng doesn't know when he will be able to come back, and Lao Peng will be my assistant temporarily while going to the West Hospital as the attending doctor, okay? ”

Lao Peng was about to thank him, but Liu Zezhi didn't allow him to speak, and agreed first: "Okay, I'm in charge, so it's decided." Come and talk while eating. Lao Peng, wrote a letter to Ling Lang, telling him that his father and son were connected, and his guess was right, his father was an anti-Japanese hero, a hidden agent before the military command, and the current deputy director of the Provisional Military Management Committee of the Shanghai Branch. ”

Lao Peng sighed in his heart and wanted to say two words of gratitude, but Liu Zezhi handed him a bowl of rice and said: "Lao Peng, between you and me, it is too polite but it is different." Let's talk about the situation of this batch of banknote printing paper, how much do you know? ”

"I don't know much, except that after knowing that a batch of banknote printing paper was damaged and had to be destroyed, I occasionally heard a few words from a few wounded Japanese Navy officers chatting, which probably meant that one person said: In this way, it will not be enough for half a year, and maybe it will have to be shipped from the mainland in a few months. Another person said, "What else?" The paper mill was also bombed and could not produce all day, and could only meet domestic needs, and I heard that it had to be transferred from Manchukuo, and anyway, there was nothing to do with our navy. ”

Liu Zezhi asked Ge Jiapeng again: "Have you reported to the bureau headquarters?" ”

"Yesterday, after Lao Peng and Xiao Kong arrived safely, I sent a telegram to report that the Japanese wanted to transfer the printing of the Central Reserve Vouchers to Shanghai. It's a pity that I don't know where the Japanese will set up their banknote printing plant? Deputy Director Liu, Lao Peng, and Gao Rui have all been evacuated, and in the Japanese puppet military and police intelligence organs, we urgently need an inside line that can access core secrets. ”

Lao Peng glanced at Liu Zezhi, knowing that Zhang Zhan's existence was a top secret and would not be revealed, so he sighed and said: "I didn't help at all, but Lao Bao gave up his life to save me, I knew that I wouldn't evacuate, maybe I could get away with it." ”

Liu Zezhi shook his head and said, "What do you want?" Ni Xin, you and I both know that Zhang Keqing was careless at the beginning, and he saw the flaw. ”

Lao Peng was also very regretful and sighed: "Ni Xin, in fact, is not a heinous person, but it is a pity that he was stunned by a Japanese woman." ”

Liu Zezhi retorted: "You are wrong, Ni Xin is desperate to serve the Japanese, not because of the crane, but because of ...... Forget it, let's not talk about it. ”

Liu Zezhi's evaluation of Ni Xin, Ge Jiapeng kept slandering, pouting, didn't speak, and buried his head in eating.

Lao Peng finished eating, and while serving soup for Liu Zezhi, he said, "Zezhi, you have a bad stomach, eat slowly." Can you find a way to destroy the Japanese banknote printing factory in Shanghai? ”

Liu Zezhi took the soup bowl and replied: "It's not to destroy, but to print counterfeit banknotes and put them on the market for circulation." ”

"This is too difficult, Director Ge has more than a dozen pieces of banknote printing paper in his hand, how many counterfeit coins can be made? With such a small amount, the cost is too high, right? ”

Ge Jiapeng said with a smile: "Yes, plus the cost of engraving mold and printing, it may far exceed the value of the counterfeit banknote itself, what kind of transaction is this?" I went to my uncle's house. ”

After lunch, several people went to work.

Just after 9 p.m., Liu Zezhi, who had been on the road for several days, returned to his residence that few people knew: in a three-room bungalow in a secluded alley two kilometers away from the county government, he washed up early and went to bed. At eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, Zhou Chengbin and his entourage rushed back, and Ge Jiapeng hurriedly dressed up to greet him: "Director Zhou, are you back?" Ordered the apprentice who lived in the same house, Kong Li: "Prepare supper, go to the dormitory at the back to vacate two houses, by the way, go and ask Deputy Director Liu." ”

The assassination of Yamashita Fengwen missed, Zhou Chengbin was unspeakably annoyed, and stopped: "Don't be busy, Cui Feng still lives in his office, and Ji Gang and Wu Shun accompany me to Zezhi for two days." ”

"Okay, but you have to eat, the canteen is on duty at night, and the night shift, the sentry and others have a meal at twelve o'clock, don't bother, Xiao Kong, why don't you go quickly?" Lao Peng stayed in Cui Feng's office, and Deputy Director Liu appointed him as the deputy director of the Military Management Commission. Cui Feng, you can squeeze me for two days first. As he spoke, he made tea himself.

Zhou Chengbin had to sit down and take a nap, and replied: "There should have been two deputy directors of the Military Management Commission, Lao Peng, it's quite appropriate, just do what Deputy Director Liu said." ”

Ge Jiapeng reported to Zhou Chengbin about the work of Pujiang County these days, and Zhou Chengbin drank tea and listened quietly.

Soon, Xiao Kong took a pot of rice porridge, a plate of vegetarian buns, and two plates of pickles, and set them on the coffee table, and before Zhou Chengbin moved his chopsticks, the telegraph operator sent a secret telegram: "Director Zhou, a call back from the bureau headquarters to Deputy Director Liu." ”

According to the rules, Zhou Chengbin had the right to open and read any telegrams exchanged between the Shanghai Branch, and the messages were very long, so he got up and went to the telegraph room outside to translate the telegrams, and everyone had to wait patiently, but fortunately, in the middle of summer, they did not worry about the food getting cold.

At twelve o'clock, Zhou Chengbin ordered: "Xiao Kong, go and ask Deputy Director Liu to come and see me." Let's move our chopsticks. ”

Half an hour later, Liu Zezhi came, and Zhou Chengbin said: "Xiao Kong, let's all withdraw, Jiapeng, Cui Feng, you can also stay." ”

This was tantamount to a tactful avoidance of the others, and everyone quickly cleaned up and exited the room.

Zhou Chengbin said at this time: "Zezhi, the call back from the bureau headquarters, you can circulate it." ”

After a few people looked at it, Zhou Chengbin sighed: "It was our disadvantage to do things, we paid such a big price, but we got nothing, no wonder Boss Dai was angry and sternly applied." ”

Liu Zezhi and the others all felt depressed and aggrieved, and no one spoke.

Zhou Chengbin said again: "Boss Dai ordered us to implement the plan of 'stealing beams and changing pillars', what do you think?" Zezhi, you talk about it first. ”

Liu Zezhi reasoned out his thoughts and replied: "Boss Dai's plan is very thorough, and the action will be divided into two steps, one step is to try to destroy the batch of banknote printing paper sent to Shanghai from the Japanese mainland, and the Japanese can only think of other ways to use the paper printed in the Manchukuo yuan issued by the puppet Manchukuo 'Manchukuo Central Bank', because in China, in addition to the paper used for legal tender, there is no third kind of paper that can print banknotes. The Japanese can't forcibly take paper from Chongqing, which is far behind the southwest, right? ”

Zhou Chengbin said: "The Shenyang station is responsible for getting some banknote printing paper, and the key problem is how to transport such a large amount of paper from Northeast China to Shanghai? Or is it Chongqing? It's an impossible task. ”

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